Accidental Surrogate

Chapter 313: Sister Support 

Ella

“Ella!” I hear my sister’s voice cry the same moment I hear the front door to the house open. I stand quickly from my seat in Sinclair’s office, Rafe awake and peaceful in my arms, and move to the open doorway.

“Cora!” I call. I see her spin away from the living room where she was looking for me and jog down the hall towards me, Roger closing the house’s main door behind him as he enters as well. Cora takes my shoulders in her hands as soon as she gets close.

–

“Are you

– are you all right?” she gasps, looking me over, and then looking down towards the baby. I can see a little relief come into her face the moment she sees us both before her, intact and safe.

“We’re okay,” I say, giving her a little smile. “For right now, we’re okay. Thank you for coming so late at night.”

My sister snaps her eyes up at me, frowning a little.

“What?” I ask.

“I just…” she says, confused, glancing back at Roger, “I didn’t expect you to be so calm.”

“Well, it happened like, eleven hours ago,” I say, raising my eyebrows at her. “We’ve had some time to process and plan

–

Roger coming down the hall towards us. “The way this one was pounding on my door, flying around like a bat out of

expression matching Cora’s. “It wasn’t exactly peaceful heading

to me. Roger opens his mouth to retort but I reach out and give him a little shove and turn

the investigators.

continues when he’s gone, “why didn’t you text me earlier if this happened hours ago? There wasn’t anything on my phone when I woke up from my nap at 9 – and then all of a sudden Roger’s pounding on my door

say, hesitating and looping my arm with Cora’s at the elbow, pulling my sister

“Sinclair brought in his team of investigators – the ones who were working on the question

– and they wanted to…clear you.

me?” Cora

mouth pulling into a

voice ringing out through the house. Rafe flinches and

“Obviously Sinclair and I don’t suspect you! But his

everything!” Cora says,

and wishing to mollify her because, honestly, it was more like six hours. “And obviously you were cleared! So!” I shrug and look at her pleadingly, “maybe

hands to her face and covers it, taking a minute to breathe in deeply and then exhale. Then, slowly, she pulls her hands down her face, tucking them beneath her chin in two fists, a gesture I remember from our childhood when she was truly upset.

I would never hurt you, Ella,” Cora says, her voice

“You know that I know you have nothing to do with this just….please, let it pass.”

true, Cora,” Sinclair says, peeking out from the office. “Forgive my

“Okay,” she says,

he slowly walks over to us. “You have more knowledge of it than the rest of us – you were there. We’d like to see if you remember anything from that afternoon that

says, running a hand through her hair. “Of course – I’ll tell you everything. But don’t your investigators have

my voice wheedling as I passes the baby to Sinclair and take both of Cora’s hands. The baby calms almost instantly in Sinclair’s arms. “How do you feel about…trying a

along with her jaw. “Are you serious?

to do hypnosis?”

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